Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
Conspiracy 70 EmDezxle Fares-Terr:fiC
hain storm-Second Day OF tho 0As
Ceiebration.

Ceiebration.
1t 10 reported from Kansas City, No.,
that the cable railroad company there
has discovered . conspiracy among lite
como uctors TO embezxle fares. A dis
charged Rripmau, named Jillsou, dis
covered the combination Of the boil
punches, and rented . room near the
line OF the road, where the conductors
took their meals. They would punch
slips until perhaps 100 were registered,
after which they would simply ring The
bell. They would then take the punches
to Jillson, who would open them and
make them correspond with the clips.
Biz conductors confessed and were dis.
charged ON Wednesday. Jillson fed.
A terrific rain storm visited the Wyo.
ming Valley yesterday afternoon. Al
Nanticoke there was Q "clOud. burst"
which deluged streets to q depth OF
from two TO four feet, dislodged several
frame dwellings and upset one. The
fires In the boiler house of the Sueque.
hanna Coal Company were put on. and
all work in the mines WAS stopped.
Nearly 200 feet Of the Penney ylvanis
Railroad road bed was washed away.
1t II estimated that the second day OF
/,
Ohio, yesterday. attracted 10000 spec.
tators. The corner-stOnes Of five more
factories were laid, and there was q
prize drill Of Knights of Pythias. In
the evening there Was Q banquet, at
which Senator Sherman, Governor
Foraker and MurAt Hslstead were
among the speakers.
DR.. A. Y. P. Garnett, tho family ply.
sician Of W. W. Oorcorsn, arrived In
Washington on Wednesday eveniuR
ffOm Chicago and had Q consultation
in the case of Mr. Oorcorau with the
two attending physicians. Another
consultation WAS held yesterday morn.
Ing, and the PATIENTS condition was
pronounced much improved. The I'm
provement lasted all day.
The War Department has received NO
Information In regard to the recent In.
dian outbreak in Arizona, except that
thirty Apacbes have left their reserva
tion, and that Captain LAwton ID pur
suing them with four troops OF cavalry.
The Indians have been seen at several
ranches, and have killed one settler.
The body of q man found shot dead
at Andover, Mnssach uf etts, ,on Wednes.
day. has been Identified Is that of Cor.
nelius McCloskey, seaman In the
navy, who was home on q furlough. 1,
Is believed that he killed himself, as hi
revolver was found near by. He had
been In the navy since 1861 and don,
good service under Farrsgut.
The Wholesale drug store of CharIei
Pleasants, on Wooster street, New York
WAS damaged yesterday afternoon, by q
| mysterious explosion, 10 the ex tent o.
$4,000. The fre spread so rapid iy
through the building that the clerk Ii
and customers narrowly escaped with
their lives.
Aaron L. Still, . prominent coloret
Citizen, died yesterday in Read ing, Pa
He was born in Philadelphia in 1920
WAS nm "undersround railroad" mar
In slavery time, an intimate friend o
Frederick Douglass and an organize
OF equal rights leagues.
, Frederick Hermann, the fanatic VIII,
murdered his infant child, tried to xii
his wife and cut his own throat, II
Prtsburg, last Monday, died in th
hospital on Thursday morning. Hi
wife Ia expected to recover.
In the City Court at New York OF
Thursday Miss Cecelia HenfeId wa
Awarded $3, 600 damages In sui
against Nathan Loewy for betrayal ant
breach OF promise. She had asked
$40, 900.
Il. 3. Burnside, physician OF Leba
non. Pa attempted suicide at Potts
Vile on Thursday by swallowing NOR
phine. At last accounts his condition
WAS critical.
No new cases of yellow fever wer
reported ut Key West on Thursday
There WAS one death. Total cases I.
date, q; deaths, 8; under treatment, 13
Major John II. Ewing, uncle O
James g. Blaine, died on Thursday II
Washington, Pa, ut the age of 80 years